calendars are coming-- laura and lo figured out the computer and i stuffed and labeled-- there are 2 big boxes for posting today...
i am a super envelope stuffer and will work on the next pile today ( nice fire in the fireplace.. few cups of coffee. ) i have had far worse jobs than that..
?what worse??? my very first job was washing dishes in a hospitql kitchen.... i made enough money to just put gas in the car to get there-- gas was 5 for $1
actually. the rest of my employment was centered around swimming --- summer camps/ city pools... and winter indoor ywca...
oh how i was so pleased with my tan which by the age of 65 had turned to skin cancers.--- multiple----... it was pre sunscreen----- so take that seriously....
so much for the informative part of the dd....
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i really must respond to all the pasta makeing replys-- ok... next time cindy is here we will put it all together and produce some at mail call.. if we plan ahead, we will put on apot of water and see what happens to whatever we do...it should be most exciting to watch it go thru it's pre programmed sequence.....oh you can all send in your suggewtions. 1 egg or none??--- beet juice for christmas??? we are open for suggestions-- it is kinda fun...
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i am in awe of how the news people can sound so excited every day come up with "breaking news" and it is the same stuff i have been listening to for 8 months. it is a talent !! i am beginning to recognize some of those crowd scenes -- talking about washington dc... with the Eiffel tower in the background. was a big whoops?? or some fun???
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rats---- is on the schedule for the day-- someone is coming to give us an estimate-- and everything you read about rats is -----don't bother unless you can remove the source of their food.. i am afraid they are going to laugh at us. the dog food is in good shape in the shipping container. but the orgqanization ends there-- our overflow room in the house with it's cardboard boxes of "cookies" saves. rats from having to chew thru the plastic boxes of boxed dog cookies-- or a quick run to the kitchen to chew thru a little bag o flour hidden back on a shelf... there are not enough plastic boxes in th world to keep us 100% plus they can chew thru those if theyt have to...
and ? the chickens? the words chicken and rats go together........ where we have feeders on the ground full of cracked corn and layer pellets... perfect rat food.. moving on to the icu and barn horse feeders--- the horses are pretty good at finding every piece of food. which they get in their mouth for a first go round at chewing... but then it dribbles out. into. crannies where they can not reach it... so the rats do. and some corn --- or oats go thru the horse digestive process in it's entire only to be picked up in the ABC department (Already Been Chewed).. in th. dogs kennel, not every pellet is consumed... the dogs are pretty good at searchng them out... but under the chain link there is always tiny pieces big enough for the rats lunches... shaking otu the dogg's fluffies will produce a rat size meal of a dogs post drooling...
i will. be interested to see if they do have some magic--- could be they. have a huge quantity of snap traps. which to set and monitor wouold be worth paying them to do. but i bet
they are going to say "clean up the place first". even tho as farms go we are darn clean... i thank everyone for sending th variety of rat traps--and the suggestion of cats..... remember back 7 years ago????? tht is why we took on wanda-- we have been here before.. maybe we shoudl try cats-- i am told they now have a cat de-flea product that lasts 3 months. that is. my only objection to barn cats-- the heater ducts in the hayloft keep them toasty and warm...
